A Call for Action from UUs for Social Justice to Stop Environmentally Damaging Legislation – Act Today What we are doing: Calling your Senator’s offices to apply grassroots pressure for needed environmental and climate justice legislative activity Opposing the Schumer-Manchin fast-track permit deal Urging your Senator to stop supporting Manchin’s proposal Why we are doing […]
On behalf of NY UU Collaborates, a working group including UU Ministry for Earth, Fourth Universalist Church, All Souls NYC, and NY UUs for Justice we would like to extend an invitation to you to join a Zoom panel discussion this Tuesday, December 6th, at 7pm EST-8pm EST. December 6th: Disaster Response: Community Care and […]
For over thirty years- from the 1994 resolution on Environmental Justice to the 2006 General Assembly Statement of Conscience on “the threat of global warming” to this fall’s partnership with The InterNātional Indigenous Initiative for Transformative Collaboration – we couldn’t do it without you. I hope you’ll join us this GivingTuesday + this Giving Season! You […]
UUA / UUSC Priorities for the UN Climate Summit: Conference of Parties 27 The 27th Conference of Parties (COP) will be held from 6-18 November 2022. Egypt will host nearly 200 countries and their representatives to further the goals of the of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, (UNFCCC). The Unitarian Universalist of […]
On Tuesday, October 4, 2022, NY UU Collaborates was honored to host a profound forum, “Fighting Climate Change- Student Movements Globally.” The event was facilitated by Ember Kelley, Director of Religious Education at Fourth Universalist in New York City, and held a grounding opening prayer by Rev. Jennifer “Jo” VonRue (she/her/hers) Minister at May Memorial […]
UUYACJ Movement Training Workshop Series Saturday, March 26th Saturday, April 2nd Saturday, April 9th This workshop series was inspired by this year’s Spring For Change theme, “Get Rooted, Get Ready.” It is a space for young adults who are looking to deepen their connection to activism and build tangible skills into their justice work. […]
Out with the old and in with the new! This will be my last blog entry as the Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth Board Chair. As you may already know, my time as chair has come to an end. Betsy Tomic and Dr. Susanna Wu-Pong Calvert are now serving as Interim Co-Chairs while my attention […]
NOTE: This first message originally appeared in the Create Climate Justice newsletter. UUs showed up for climate justice in deep ways at this year’s virtual General Assembly (stay tuned for recordings to be made public after Labor Day) — including an impressive and emergent rapid response mobilization from Young Adults, building off of decades of […]
Inviting All People of Color to Work on Climate (In)Justice Climate change promises not to be kind on anyone, least of all on us in the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities. Time and time again, we have witnessed the disproportionate and disastrous impacts of climate change on communities of color – whether […]
Over the past eight weeks, UUs have been listening, learning and reflecting together on the deep wisdom of Movement Generation’s Course Correction: Just Transition in an Age of Covid-19. Grounding participants physically, emotionally and intellectually in the stakes of this current moment, the course provided a clear analysis of systemic challenges as well as space […]
